catching up

so uncle tom was SIX to finish the marathon and FIRST in his age range! wow!
that was an exciting race. it was also bizarre as there was snow on the ground.
we were cold standing around and watching. but the runners had it tough.
it was beautiful up in wisconsin.
and then it snowed in the twin cities...

yesterday was a hard evening with r. tonight much better. hard to say why our spirited child just throws himself on the floor or refuses to eat unless distracted. i have gotten subscriptions to popular mechanics and popular science to facilitate meal time eating and reading. k and i had a nice time after dinner playing with a lacing toy both evenings. she is absolutely giddy when we pick her up after school. a real joy just bursting with exuberance and glee.

tonight was better. we did an "OT" activity. we played tug of war in the living room sitting on the floor with a sheet. mom with her bum knees and dad with corduroy pants on a wood floor. the kids enjoyed it though they did not seem to get the concept as they tried to straddle, lie on, and balance on the "rope."

everyone read afterwards which was quieter and nice. k is really enjoying stories now. she pretended to be a kitten while r was a cricket.

they have TWO days off this week. so there will be much figuring out what to do. perhaps we will skype on thursday or friday.
david and i are going to take all the kids to the zoo on friday. thursday is a hodge podge of events.

r was rhyming today while eating his muck (saag paneer): i believe the unintentional sing song rhyme was something along the lines of "eat the muck, little f*ck." how ironic.